30 GRE Words Beginning with "K" "L""M" and "N" and "O"

Hogan’s clear, resonant voice, his keen alertness and confident bearing radiate strength and determination.
Seattle Times (Jul 19, 2013)

Burying beetles - also known as sexton beetles - prepare and bury animal carcasses, which they use for breeding, laying eggs and rearing larvae.
BBC (Jun 18, 2013)

An enfeebling spell seemed to have been taken off his mind; and the lassitude of doubt and indecision was gone.
G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

It also gave many employees, Snowden included, too much latitude to access records.
Washington Post (Jul 18, 2013)

Boats in India are often overloaded, and lax safety standards mean accidents are common on the river.
BBC (Jul 12, 2013)

Lionized in American history for his soaring defense of individual liberty, Jefferson's extensive slaveholdings have been curiously downplayed, dismissed as beyond his control, or excused.
Seattle Times (Oct 28, 2012)

Greater competition means mattress sellers are having to adapt to lure and keep customers — with tactics like price matching, zero percent financing and same-day delivery.
Chicago Tribune (Jul 21, 2013)

Like many of Khan’s supporters, he’s wearied by Pakistan’s crippling energy shortages, long-souring economy, near daily terrorist attacks and lurid tales of official corruption.
Time (May 10, 2013)

Admissions boards can seem capricious and impenetrable, if not malignant, to many prospective freshmen.
New York Times (Feb 2, 2012)

Steven Spielberg, fantast supreme, always felt manacled by movie reality.
Time (Dec 21, 2011)

As these videos suggest, scientists are taking tiny, incremental steps toward melding humans and machine all the time.
New York Times (Jun 1, 2013)

However, different studies define food deserts and relevant populations differently, so differences in methodology can yield two completely different results.
Scientific American (May 28, 2013)

The robbery was marked by meticulous planning, inside information and swift execution — 8 armed men in 11 minutes — that left investigators marveling.
New York Times (Jun 15, 2013)

Social problems typical of Central Asia today, like abuse of heroin smuggled from Afghanistan, labor migration and growing Islamic fundamentalism, are creeping into the city.
New York Times (Jun 18, 2013)

But that's a misnomer – reindeer moss is in fact lichen.
The Guardian (Dec 22, 2012)

He talks much in an animated monologue, though the common complaint that he monopolizes the conversation is not a just one.
Various

Seders were built around rigid scripts, resulting in monotonous hours of guests taking turns reading flat passages about plagues and freed slaves.
Washington Post (Mar 24, 2013)

Terry looked as if he would far rather have his soul damned under a Gothic nave.—"That's simply buying 'em off," he said.
Oliver Onions

His parents, who belong to a Punjabi nomadic tribe and live in temporary, thatched shelters, have moved to other grounds.
BBC (Jul 24, 2013)

Although he sometimes bristled at his Watergate notoriety, Mr. Garment professed no lasting scars from the episode, the biggest political scandal of the century.
New York Times (Jul 15, 2013)

Other researchers are working on novel approaches such as genetically modifying mosquitoes so they can’t harbor parasites.
Scientific American (Jul 29, 2013)

The new downtown productions, by embedding theater inside a larger experience, have so far been able to persuade many people to pony up for novelty.
New York Times (Jun 23, 2013)

Recognising things aren't black and white means recognising nuance.
The Guardian (Jul 25, 2013)

As the hard, stiff, corded muscle shrivelled, so shrivelled his obdurate, persistent self-confidence.
Marcus Dods

But outside trading floors, business schools, banks and brokerage firms, bond dynamics are fairly obscure, surveys find.
New York Times (Jul 20, 2013)

Maybe your obsequious staff laughing at your every quip makes you think you are hilarious.
The Guardian (Jul 16, 2013)

They imply sadly that business schools are likely to go on teaching this now obsolete idea, even though the world outside has moved on.
Forbes (Jul 9, 2013)

Germany is advocating a reduction in budget deficits while pursuing an orthodox monetary policy whose sole objective is to control inflation.
The Guardian (Apr 30, 2013)